Blessed Beyond Belief!

There's absolutely NOTHING like being an Auntie!!! Here's why...

This precious guy:

♥Trey Andrew Hugen♥

He's been so much fun having around the last 21 months!! I just love having play dates with the little man.

Then came this sweet pea:

♥ Dakota Ryan Koeman ♥

Her smiles will brighten just about ANYONE's day! I love being able to visit her out in MI & absolutely adore the time I get to spend with her & her family when they visit CA!

& now announcing........

♥♥♥ Quinn Everly Hugen ♥♥♥

Born March 22, 2010 at 4:40pm

7lb 15oz, 20in

Welcome to the world, sweet heart!

Mom, Dad & the little princess are both doing wonderfully well! Big brother Trey is adjusting to the whole "having a baby sister" idea.

Auntie Em loves you all!!!!!!

New baby on the way...

So it's taken me more than a few days to write again. Oops!! I must admit, it's just not my top priority to write about myself & what's going on in my life. I think the thing is, I don't feel like I have much to write about!

Well, I have SOMETHING to write about today. I got to take a few pictures of my nephew, Trey, & my sister-in-law, Jess. She's 37, almost 38 weeks pregnant with their second baby & she wanted a few pictures of her & T before the new baby arrived. I love playing with my new camera, so she allows me to have them as my models from time to time. :) Here are a few from Wednesday morning at Seal Beach...

Kisses for baby

Jess asked Trey, "Is there a girl or boy in mommy's belly?" He responded... "A GIRL!!!!!!!!" We'll see, buddy!

Trey looking at the water

Kisses for Mommy

My little man :)

Looking forward to welcoming a new little one to our family soon!! :)

Congested

So, I've been working the last couple nights & all of a sudden, I was completely congested. Which, by the way, is never a good feeling while working in a closed unit that has little to no air circulation! To help a sister out, someone called maintenance to clean a light fixture that was COVERED in dust. So, to add to the congestion, dust filled the room after it was cleaned. I was sneezing ALL NIGHT last night. I went to ask if I could get any meds for myself at the pharmacy, & the pharmacist did me a favor & gave me Sudafed. WHOA did that help! This morning I got home & was yet again, congested. I took Advil Cold & Sinus, but it didn't do much good. Any other suggestions for me?!

I'll try posting later tonight or tomorrow to help update everyone what's been going on in my life over the last year. Off to work I go from 3-7pm! :)

Bad Blogger

So.... I apologize for failing miserably at blogging regularly. I just looked back at my blog & saw it's been over a YEAR since I've blogged last. Bad. VERY bad. I am so very sorry to those of you that were following (not too many, but still...). I will do my best to do better. I have had a ton of things happen in the last year, so I will do my best to catch up in the next few weeks. How does that sound?

For now, I just redecorated the blog to give me a little more motivation. I will try to write after I get some sleep. Until then, goodnight!

~Emily

First Night Shift...

Tonight, I start night shift at the hospital. I'm nervous I'm gonna fall asleep on the job, but I think I might just be living off adrenaline at least for tonight. Please pray that all goes well and that I'll be able to sleep like a baby tomorrow before a second shift tomorrow night. I'll try to post more details soon about how things are going. :)

First Day!

Sooooo.... tomorrow's the big day! I have my first orientation day tomorrow at the hospital. I'm very excited to get going and to have something to keep me busy. I know this first week might not be all that exciting, but I'm eager to get through the basics and the hospital orientation so I can get into the NICU and do my thing! :) I'm so excited to see what God has planned for me during this orientation period and how I will be growing into the nurse He wants me to be!

A couple prayer requests:

1. I'm sick. I had a low grade fever today (in the 99.0-99.8 range) and my cold/cough symptoms are just brutal. I've been sneezing like I never have before, so please just pray for no fever tomorrow and for the sneezing and coughing to ease up.

2. I want to ask for a calm spirit. I'm so eager and excited, but I don't want to get caught up in that excitement. I want to learn the most I can and just soak up these first few days of hospital orientation.

Thanks for all the prayers and support thus far! I'm so excited for this day to finally be here!!

RN

First, I need to say sorry for not posting in FOR-E-VER. Clearly, I'm bad at this. Oh well.

Second, I took my nursing boards last week Tuesday and found out Friday morning that I PASSED!! I'm so excited to finally be finished studying and am on to the next step of my life! I'm a REAL nurse now!!! I contacted my managers and they told me I'll for sure be starting at Long Beach Memorial's NICU on October 26th. I'm extremely excited and just can't wait for what God has in store for me in the next months and years!

Thank you all so much for your prayers. I know God was with me while I took the boards and will continue to be with me as I begin my career! :)